Highest Grossing Filipino Films for 2015

2015 started out strong in terms of awareness among Filipino audiences that we do, in fact, have good movies. People that frequent festivals like the Cinemalaya and Cinema One Originals know this already. But for the masses that think it makes them cool to say that they do not watch Filipino movies and equate the state of Philippine Cinema to whatever slapstick comedy rules the Metro Manila Film Festival, I think their perception is beginning to change.

This year's first official blockbuster (a.k.a. any movie that breaches the 100M mark) is That Thing Called Tadhana. Originally shown in the Cinema One Originals Festival in 2014, Tadhana features Angelica Panganiban and JM de Guzman in memorable roles penned by Antoinette Jadaone (is this pronounced like Padawan?)

Before its commercial release, That Thing Called Tadhana won the Audience Choice Award at the Cinema One Originals Festival, a Best Actress Award for Panganiban via Cinema One and Gawad Tanglaw, and a Palanca for its screenplay. The film is distributed for commercial release by Star Cinema.

UPDATE:

The 47th Box-Office Entertainment Awards tagged A Second Chance of Star Cinema as the top grossing film of 2015 with P556,000,000. They also settled the MMFF controversy with the official figures for The Beauty and The Bestie (P526 Million) and My Bebe Love (P385 Million) which ranked 2nd and 3rd respectively.
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Here's the updated list of films that have made it to this year's top grossers' list.

A Second Chance -Star Cinema
As of Dec 9-13, 2015 $9,421,528 - P423,968,760
On December 17, Star Cinema announced that the film has earned P556M worldwide, making it the highest grossing Filipino film of all time.

Crazy Beautiful You - Star Cinema P322,000,000
ABC-CBN.com announced that Crazy Beautiful You featuring Daniel Padilla and Kathryn Bernardo has earned 220M as of March 8, 2015; 225M as announced by PEP on March 10, 2015. Unconfirmed reports show that the film has earned 322M.

The Love Affair - Star Cinema P300,000,000
Star Cinema's The Love Affair breached the 100M mark on August 17th per Star Cinema; 300M per update on September 6, 2015.

(per boxofficemojo.com)
As of Oct 28-Nov 1 $4,419,599 - P198,881,955
As of Oct 21-25, 2015 $4,404,778 - P198,215,010
As of Oct 7-11, 2015 $4,184,942 - P188,322,390
As of Sep 30-Oct 4, 2015 $3,353,637 - P150,913,665
On October 3, however, the movie's producers announced that they have breached 200M.

Felix Manalo
As of Nov 11-15, 2015 $4,822,493 - P217,012,185
As of Oct 28-Nov 1 $4,648,271 - P209,172,195
As of Oct 21-25, 2015 $4,200,106 - P189,004,170
As of Oct 14-18, 2015 $3,519,842 - P158,392,890
As of Oct 7-11, 2015 $2,860,858 - P128,738,610
The film premiered on October 4 and opened in cinemas October 7

You're My Boss - Star Cinema P210,000,000
As of April 10, 2015, Star Cinema announced that You're My Boss starring Coco Martin and Toni Gonzaga has already breached 100M after only six days in cinemas. The film opened on April 4th. As of April 20, 2015, sources from Star Cinemas announced that You're my Boss has grossed 200M; 210M as announced by PEP on April 25, 2015.

The Breakup Playlist - Star Cinema P160,000,000
The Breakup Playlist - gross posted by Star Cinema on July 9, 2015; unconfirmed reports show that the film has earned 160M (400M in some articles).

That Thing Called Tadhana - Star Cinema P120,000,000

Just The Way You Are - Star Cinema P100,000,000
Just The Way You Are - gross posted by ABS-CBN on June 24, 2015.